Utah state news highlights in Salt Lake area report
The Salt Lake region sees tourism high with 40 000 visitors between June and October. Utah education notes 294 public school teachers in Salt Lake. Army units prepare to move from Fort Douglas to Fort Logan Colorado. Wheat prices rise as rail disruption hints at coal famine. Salt Lake City plans include new bathrooms and 60 electric railways encircling the resort. Oregon Short Line considers cab service to Salt Lake. A large family birthday gathering honors President Joseph F Smith, who is 69. Gabe May faces jail-ward transfer to Kentucky after enlisting following a minor arrest. Wholesale Utah trade expands despite market fluctuations. Wayne county residents nearly die ingesting toadstools mistaken for mushrooms. Survey crews prepare to inspect Utah-Arizona line. a wagerman mystery links to a famed train robber. Lulu Gates signs for a concert tour after studies in Germany. The state supreme court rules on Tumino property removals tied to agreements. Manila fever breaks among Fort Douglas troops and Salt Lake doctors race to curb it. Canal companies press water rights against state limits, while San Pedro rail officials speed up Salt Lake canal access. Kinviation plans target Utah lumber dealers with a protective association. Payson pioneer George W. Hancock dies. he built local industry and contributed to the public. Draper and nearby districts push to form a south Salt Lake high school district.
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Twenty-third Infantry
Fort Douglas
Fort Logan
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
Saltair
Salt Lake
Joseph F. Smith
Gabe May
Kentucky
Alate
St. Louis
Wagter
Harry Longabangh
Longabangh
Butch Cassity
Lulu Gates
Brigham Young
Major Pond
Miss Gates
Germany
State Supreme Court
Miolog
Manila
Salt Lake Grty
Salt Lake County
San Pedro
Dynmite Under Tracks Wrecks Southwestern Express Near York
The Southwestern express on the Northern Central railway was wrecked Saturday night by dynamite placed under the tracks near Black Bright north of York Pennsylvania. The train halted after a 200 foot derailment. three coaches were derailed and windows shattered. no fatalities though passengers were panicked and many injured. Authorities report Germany faces winter suffering with 35,000 unemployed in Berlin and rising jobless numbers nationwide as relief efforts begin.
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Grotral
Uder
Black Bligt
York
Germany
Berlin
Beaver City
Beaver Ranch Academy
Court House
Beaver Woolen
Co-op
Beaver Hranch Academy
Murdock
Matisfield-Murdock
Gem Saloon
Meeting Horne
Cero In Swallows Up Mining Plant In Missouri Cave-In
In an Oronogo cave-in near Joplin Missouri the Aurora Mining company plant including a 100 ton mill office building and engine house sank into the ground. Six gravel cars and a large tailing pile were engulfed. No lives were lost but fear of further collapse halted work.
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Oronogo
Joplin
Aurora Mining Company
Filipina Priest Condemned by Court Martial
The Filipina priest Depowoy was sentenced to death for murdering countrymen favoring the Americans. General Chaffee commuted the sentence to twenty years in prison, stressing that office cannot shield crime and that leniency is nonprecedent and not extendable to others inland.
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Depowoy
General Chaffee Haa
General Chaffea
Destructive Twelve Inch Naval Gun Demonstration
War department ordnance officers and artillery experts report a successful Sandy Hook test of a twelve inch rifle capable of penetrating ironclad armor and exploding inside a ship. Colonel Randolph says the weapon could paralyze or sink a vessel. the test proves its practical interior destruction potential.
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War Department
Army
Sandy Hook
Randolph
New Strike Sparks Gold Sample Rush at Arizona Copper District
Reported at the Hutte and Arizona Copper company a property southwest of Batts yielded samples around $100,000 per ton in gold. A million ton sample showed $250 per ton. The new district strike drew mining interest as visitors noted visible gold in candlelight and claim activity near the Mets claim.
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Hutte and Arizona Copper Company
Batts
Mets
Severe earthquake devastates southern region killing many
A powerful southern earthquake causes widespread destruction with preliminary reports of up to thirty deaths. Many homes are damaged or leveled as rescue workers search for survivors. Officials urge calm and coordinate relief efforts for affected communities.
Earthquakes Rattle Utah Towns Across Wide Region
A sequence of powerful quakes centered in Utah shakes Sevier county and towns including Richfield Monroe Elsinore Joseph Annabella and Beaver causing structural damage to schools churches homes and shops. Dozens of aftershocks follow with widespread fear and minor injuries reported as residents flee damaged buildings.
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Baldy
Mount Bolom
Utah
Roosevelt Announces Civil Service Policy for Insular Appointments
President Roosevelt states in a Roosevelt Civil Services Adve nce that he will govern appointments in U S insular possessions by civil service principles. He made the remark to Clinton Rodgers Woodruff of Philadelphia, stressing appointments will not be dictated by political considerations.
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Roosevelt
United States
Clinton Rodgers Woodruff
Philadelphia
National Civil Service Reform
Teague
Canal and Canal Legislation Proposed by Congress
Representatives Heplum of Iowa and Sherman of New York held a long conference with the president on the Hathmian canal. They announced plans to push legislation on both subjects at the earliest possible moment.
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Heplum
Iowa
Helen Gould Honored At YMCA Jubilee Dinner
Miss Helen Gould received a standing ovation at the International YMCA Jubilee Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. About five hundred guests attended, and the event featured remarks by J. W. Miller praising the work of YMCA in the army and navy.
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Helen Gould
International Committee of the YM. Oal
Waldorf Astoria
W. Miller
Army
Mary
Brooklyn
Robbers Blast Bank Safe in Leroy Train Town Hike
The First National Bank of Leroy in Decatur county on the Keokule and Weatero railway was robbed Thursday night. Intruders blew the safe with nitroglycerine, looting about $2,000 as the building and wheels business area were damaged. No witnesses or clues were secured.
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First National Bank of
Leroy
Decatur County
Keokule & Weatero
Adulterated glucose honey barred from Chicago markets
Analysis showed 50 to 60 percent glucose in the so called pure honey. A carload consigned to California was barred and the consignee chose to return it rather than sell amid faked purity claims. Authorities warn the public of pocketbook injury from glucose honey mislabeled as honey.
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California
Consignee
Chicaga
British Storm Claims Hundreds Of Lives At Sea
A catastrophic British Channel gale from Sunday to Thursday caused extensive wreckage with about fifty vessels lost and over 150 presumed dead. The Yarmouth disaster left forty four missing children, as rescue efforts continue amid mounting toll and uncertainty. A separate report from California details a stagecoach robbery near Chico where the robber was wounded by driver T Finchley after firing and escaping.
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Yarmouth
Chico and West Branch
Chico
California
T. Finchley
Finchley
Bulgarian Officials Refuse to Interfere in Stone Ransom Talks
Hulgaria Reyles informs Conan Dickinson that Bulgarian authorities will not join brigands in negotiations for Miss Stone's ransom. They reject liability for brigand activity on Hulgarian soil and insist on conditions for any private safe conduct offered by Dickinson to a private individual.
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Sey
Conanl
Dickinson
Miss Stone
Emia Raricn
Naval Constructor Hobson Detached for Charlenton Assignment
Aeshcoeeoont fr Buchaan reports Naval Constructor Hobson is detached from the Bureau of Construction and Repairs and reassigned to duty connected with the government naval exhibit at Charlenton.
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Hobson
Bureau of
Charlenton
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